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Issue 51

Letter from the Editor
Grand Secretary's Column
Grand Lodge News
News and Views
On The Level
International News
Royal Arch
Masonic Education
Embracing Change
Templars at Newark
Dramatic Masonry
Freemasonry and Fascism in Italy
Support is the Keyword
A Brother in Arms
Drawing on the Floor
The Origins of Freemasonry
Happy 275th
A Grand Lodge in York
Review: The Genesis of Freemasonry
Review: Freemasonry in Ulster
Review: Tracing Boards of the Three Degrees
Review: The Royal Arch Journey
Letters to the Editor
Library & Museum of Freemasonry
Grand Lodge: Board of General Purposes
Grand Temple Charity Concert
Grand Charity
Masonic Samaritan Fund
RMBI
RMTGB
Reflection
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A

THE A TO Z OF VICTORIAN LONDON, introductory notes by Ralph Hyde
AMERICAN FREEMASONS, by Mark A Tabbert
ANCIENT TRACES, by Michael Baigent
THE ARCH AND THE RAINBOW, by Revd Neville Barker Cryer
THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF FREEMASONRY, by James Stevens Curl
ASCLEPIUS: THE PERFECT DISCOURSE OF HERMES TRISMEGISTUS, Ed. Clement Salaman

B

BEHIND THE WIRE, by Keith Flynn
BEYOND THE FIVE POINTS, by Philip R S May, GC
BIBLIOGRAFÍA DE LA MASONERÍA, by José Antonio Ferrer Benimeli and Susana Cuartero Escobes
BLOW THE WIND SOUTHERLY, by Kathleen Ferrier
THE BOOK OF HIRAM, by Christopher Knight & Robert Lomas
BUILDERS OF EMPIRE: FREEMASONS AND BRITISH IMPERIALISM, 1717-1927, by Jessica L. Harland-Jacobs

C

THE CANONBURY PAPERS VOL 3, Ed. Trevor Stewart
CATHARES ET TEMPLIERS [CATHARS AND TEMPLARS], by Raimonde Reznikov
THE CHAPTER AND THE CITY: 200 years of Freemasonry in Winchester, by David Sermon
LA CHEVALERIE MAÇONNIQUE, by Pierre Mollier
CIMELIA RHODOSTAUROTICA, by Carlos Gilly
CIRCLES OF STONE, by Max Milligan (photos) and Aubrey Burl (text)
THE CITY OF LONDON: A MASONIC GUIDE, Yasha Beresiner
CLOSE TO THE EDGE, by Jim Davidson
COMMITTED TO THE FLAMES, by Arturo de Hoyos and S. Brent Morris
THE COMPASSES AND THE CROSS; A HISTORY OF THE MASONIC KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, by Stephen Dafoe
THE COMPLETE IDIOTS GUIDE TO FREEMASONRY, by S Brent Morris
CORONA GLADIORUM, edited by Tony Baker
COUNT MICHAEL MAIER, LIFE AND WRITINGS, by J. B. Craven
CRACKING THE FREEMASON'S CODE, Robert L. D. Cooper
CRAFT AND CONFLICT, by Mark J.R. Dennis and Nicholas J. Saunders
THE CRYSTAL SUN, by Robert Temple

D

A DAILY ADVANCEMENT IN MASONIC KNOWLEDGE, by R. J. Hollins
THE DAWN OF ASTROLOGY, by Nicholas Campion
DEATH AND ARCHITECTURE, by James Stevens Curl
DELVING FURTHER BEYOND THE CRAFT, by Revd Neville Barker Cryer
DID YOU KNOW THIS, TOO?, by Revd Neville Barker Cryer
DISCOVERING FRIENDLY & FRATERNAL SOCIETIES, by Victoria Solt Dennis

E
EASY LODGE MUSIC, by Christopher Powell
THE ELIXIR AND THE STONE, by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh
EMULATION WORKING TODAY, by Graham Redman

F

FAHRENHEIT 9/11, written and directed by Michael Moore
FAMA FRATERNITATIS: THE TRUE STORY OF THE ROSICRUCIANS, a film by Tobias Churton
FIRST RAYS OF THE NEW RISING SUN, by Jimi Hendrix
FOLLIES OF EUROPE, by Caroline Holmes
THE FREEMASON AT WORK, by Harry Carr, rev. by Frederick Smyth
FREEMASONRY, by W Kirk MacNulty
FREEMASONRY: A CELEBRATION OF THE CRAFT, by John Hamill and Robert Gilbert
FREEMASONRY: RITUALS, SYMBOLS & HISTORY OF THE SECRET SOCIETY, by Mark Stavish
FREEMASONRY: SECRETS, SYMBOLS, SIGNIFICANCE, W. Kirk MacNulty
FREEMASONRY AND FRATERNALISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST, edited by Dr. Andreas Önnerfors and Dorothe Sommer
FREEMASONRY IN HEREFORDSHIRE, by Alwyn D Williams
FREEMASONRY IN MUSIC AND LITERATURE, edited by Trevor Stewart
FREEMASONRY IN ULSTER, 1733-1813, by Petri Mirala
FREEMASONRY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC, edited by R William Weisberger and others
FREEMASONRY UNIVERSAL, by Kent Henderson and Tony Pope
THE FREEMASONS, by Jasper Ridley
FREEMASONS' GUIDE AND COMPENDIUM, by Bernard E Jones
FROM POIMANDRES TO JACOB BÖHME, edited by Roelef van den Broek & Cis van Heertum
FROM THE CANON'S MOUTH, by Richard Tydeman

G

THE GARDEN AT HIGHGROVE, by HRH The Prince of Wales and Candida Lycett Green
GARDENS OF THE GODS: Myth, Magic and Meaning, by Christopher McIntosh
GENEALOGY OF THE SAINTECLAIRES OF ROSSLYN, by Father Richard Augustin Hay
THE GENESIS OF FREEMASONRY, by David Harrison
THE GNOSTIC PHILOSOPHY, by Tobias Churton
THE GOLDEN BUILDERS, by Tobias Churton
GREEN MAN, by William Anderson

H

THE HALL IN THE GARDEN, Library & Museum of Freemasonry
A HANDBOOK FOR THE FREEMASONS WIFE, by Philippa Faulks and Cheryl Skidmore
HERMETICA, translated by Brian P Copenhaver
THE HERMETICA, by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy
THE HIRAM KEY, by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas
HISTORY OF DORSET FREEMASONRY, by Provincial Grand Lodge of Dorset
THE HISTORY OF THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA LODGE NO. 50, by J.T. Thorp, A. Pickering

I

I JUST DIDN'T KNOW THAT, by Revd Neville Barker Cryer
IN THE DARK PLACES OF WISDOM, by Peter Kingsley
THE INFLUENCE OF NEOPLATONIC THOUGHT ON FREEMASONRY, by Fabio Venzi
THE INQUISITION, by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE. The Royal Society, Freemasonry and the Birth of Modern Science, by Robert Lomas
INVISIBLES. THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE ROSICRUCIANS, by Tobias Churton
ISAAC NEWTON, THE LAST SORCERER, by Michael White

J

JAMES THE BROTHER OF JESUS. The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls, by Robert Eisenman
JOHN LENNON ANTHOLOGY, by John Lennon

K

THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, by Sean Martin
KNOWLEDGE OF THE HEART: GNOSTIC MOVEMENTS AND SECRET TRADITIONS. THE CANONBURY PAPERS VOL. 5, edited by Robert A. Gilbert

L

LANE'S MASONIC RECORDS, edited by Bernard Williamson
LE CORBUSIER AND THE OCCULT, by J. K. Birksted
THE LECTURES OF THE THREE DEGREES IN CRAFT MASONRY, by Emulation Lodge of Improvement
LEVEL STEPS, by Jonty Marks
LIGHT-HEARTED MOMENTS IN MASONRY, edited by S W Titchener
LIVING ANCIENT WISDOM, by Paul Devereux
THE LODGE OF EDINBURGH (MARY'S CHAPEL), NO.1., by Bro Joseph E. McArthur

M

THE MAGIC FLUTE, by M. F. M. Van Den Berk, E. J. Brill
MAGUS. The Invisible Life of Elias Ashmole, by Tobias Churton
MAKING LIGHT, by Julian Rees
THE MARK DEGREE, by David Mitchell
MARKING WELL, Andrew Prescott, Editor
MASONIC CURIOSITIES AND MORE, by Yasha Beresiner
MASONIC ETIQUETTE TODAY, by Graham Redman
THE MASONIC MAGICIAN. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COUNT CAGLIOSTRO AND HIS EGYPTIAN RITE, by Philippa Faulks and Robert L. D. Cooper
MASONIC MEMORABILIA FOR COLLECTORS, by Bill Jackman
MASONIC NETWORKS AND CONNECTIONS, by James W. Daniel
MASONICALLY SPEAKING, by Yasha Beresiner
MASONS AND SCULPTORS, by Nicola Coldstream
MASQUES OF SOLOMON - THE ORIGIN OF THE THIRD DEGREE, C. Bruce Hunter
A MIGHTY GOOD MAN, written and directed by Tobias Churton
THE MIRACLES OF EXODUS, by Colin Humphreys
THE MOST ADVANCED OUTPOST, by Eidwin F Mullan
MY ANCESTOR WAS A FREEMASON, by Pat Lewis
THE MYTH-MAKER: JOHN WOOD 1704-1754, by Kirsten Elliott
THE MYTHOLOGY OF SECRET SOCIETIES, by J. M. Roberts

N

NETHERWORLD, by Robert Temple
THE NEW JERUSALEM, by Adrian Gilbert

O

"OF TIMES LONG PAST", by C A Shock
ON A GRANDER SCALE, by Lisa Jardine
THE OPEN DOOR, by Ann Pilcher-Dayton
THE ORDER OF THE ALLIED MASONIC DEGREES, by Harold Prestige, 2nd edition Frederick Smyth
THE ORDER OF FREE GARDENERS, by Robert L.D. Cooper
THE ORIGINS OF FREEMASONRY, by David Stevenson
THE OTHER GOD, by Yuri Stoyanov
THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY, by Colin Matthew, Brian Harrison et al, editors.

P

PIT POLO PULPIT, by Revd GDA Fox
POLICING THE RAINBOW, by David Webb
POLISHED CORNERSTONES. A History of the Royal Masonic School for Girls 1788 – 2000, by Lorna Cowburn, David Armstrong
THE PRIESTLY ORDER - THE HISTORY OF THE HOLY ROYAL ARCH KNIGHT TEMPLAR PRIESTS, 1792 TO 2002, Reg Cooley and Michael Knowles
PRESTON'S, ILLUSTRATIONS OF MASONRY, edited by Andrew Prescott
THE PROVINCIAL PRIORY OF SURREY, by David de Ville

Q

SS QUATTUOR CORONATI, by Renzo Dionigi
THE QUEEN’S CONJUROR: The Science and Magic of Dr Dee, by Benjamin Woolley

R

THE RADICAL ENLIGHTENMENT: PANTHEISTS, FREEMASONS AND REPUBLICANS, by Margaret C. Jacob
RADICAL PRINCE, by David Lorimer
REALITY, by Peter Kingsley
A REFERENCE BOOK FOR FREEMASONS, by Frederick Smyth
THE REVIVAL OF MAGICK, by Aleister Crowley
ROSE CROIX, by ACF Jackson
ROSE CROIX ESSAYS, by John Mandleberg
THE ROYAL ARCH JOURNEY, by Revd Neville Barker Cryer
THE RUNGS OF THE LADDER, by Michael J Stayt

S

SACRED BRITAIN, by Martin Palmer and Nigel Palmer
THE SACRED PLACE, by Paul Devereux
SCIENCE, CONSCIOUSNESS & ULTIMATE REALITY, by David Lorimer, ed.
THE SCOTTISH RITE RITUAL, MONITOR AND GUIDE, by Arturo de Hoyos
THE SECOND MESSIAH, by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas
THE SECRET CHAMBER, by Robbert Bauval
SECRET GERMANY - STAUFFENBERG AND THE MYSTICAL CRUSADE AGAINST HITLER, Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh
THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF SYMBOLS, by David Fontana
THE SECRET SCROLL, by Andrew Sinclair
SECRET SOCIETIES, by David V Barrett
THE SECRET ZODIACS OF WASHINGTON DC, by David Ovason
SEEING THE LIGHT, FREEMASONRY AND THE INITIATIC TRADITION, edited by Robert A. Gilbert
THE SEVEN ORDEALS OF COUNT CAGLIOSTRO, by Iain McCalman
THE SHADOW OF SOLOMON, THE LOST SECRET OF THE FREEMASONS REVEALED, by Laurence Gardner
SHAMANIC WISDOM IN THE PYRAMID TEXTS: The Mystical Tradition of Ancient Egypt, by Jeremy Naydler
SLIGHT VERSE, by Richard Tydeman
SO YOU WANT TO BE A FREEMASON? by Julian Rees
THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF FREEMASONRY ON THE MODERN WESTERN WORLD, edited by M D J Scanlan
SOLOMON, FALCON OF SHEBA, by Ralph Ellis
THE SHPINX MYSTERIES; THE FORGOTTEN ORIGINS OF THE SANCTUARY OF ANUBIS, by Robert Temple with Olivia Temple
STONE AGE SOUND TRACKS, by Paul Devereux
SYMBOLISM IN CRAFT FREEMASONRY, by Colin Dyer
SYMBOLISM IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY GARDENS, Ed. Jan Snoek, Monika Scholl and Andrea Kroon
SYMBOLS OF FREEMASONRY, by Daniel Béresniak
SYMBOLS OF FREEMASONRY, by Daniel Béresniak

T

A TALE OF TWO PRINCES, by Dennis G Perrin
TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE MARK DEGREE, by Revd Neville Barker Cryer
THE TEMPLAR REVELATION, by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince
THE TEMPLARS AND THE GRAIL: Knights of the Quest, by Karen Ralls
TEMPLARS IN AMERICA, by Tim Wallace-Murphy and Marilyn Hopkins
THE TEMPLE THAT NEVER SLEEPS, by Josh Heller and Gerald Reilly
THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG: MASONIC MUSIC OF YESTERYEAR, by The Provincial Male Voice Choir of Northants & Hunts
TRACING BOARDS OF THE THREE DEGREES, by Julian Rees
A TREASURY OF MASONIC THOUGHT, by Carl Glick (ed)
THE TRIANGLE, Jack Agnew
TURNING THE HIRAM KEY, by Robert Lomas
THE TUTANKHAMUN PROPHECIES, by Maurice Cotterell

U
UNDERSTANDING MORE ABOUT KNIGHT TEMPLAR AND MALTA DEGREES, by Revd Neville Barker Cryer
URIEL'S MACHINE, by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas

V

VERDI: REQUIEM, conducted by John Wade
THE VICTORIAN CELEBRATION OF DEATH, by James Stevens Curl
THE VOYAGES OF THE VENETIAN BROTHERS, trans Richard Henry Major

W

THE WARRIORS AND THE BANKERS - A HISTORY OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR FROM 1307 TO THE PRESENT, Alan Butler & Stephen Dafoe
THE WAY OF THE CRAFTSMAN, by W Kirk McNulty
THE WAY OF HERMES, translated by Clement Salaman and others
WEB OF GOLD, by Guy Patton and Robin Mackness
WESTERN ESOTERICISM AND RITUALS OF INITIATION, by Henrik Bogdan
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT RITUAL? by Revd Neville Barker Cryer
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE ROYAL ARCH?, by Revd Neville Barker Cryer
WHAT WENT WRONG, by Bernard Lewis
WHO'S AFRAID OF FREEMASONS?, by Alexander Piatigorsky
WITHIN THE COMPASS, A COLLECTION OF MASONIC WRITINGS, by Richard Tydemen
WOMEN’S AGENCY AND RITUALS IN MIXED AND FEMALE MASONIC ORDERS, edited by Alexandra Heidle and Jan. A. M. Snoek
WORKMEN UNASHAMED, by Christopher Haffner

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Y
YORK MYSTERIES REVEALED, by Rev. Neville Barker Cryer

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